The Eye of the Storm

By AUNG ZAW Friday, October 7, 2011

In this photo taken on Sept. 23, Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of the Aung San Pinlung library on the outskirts of Rangoon. (Photo: AP)

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Speaking to Washington-based Radio Free Asia, she said that she is willing to be exploited if it is for the sake of the country. But if change isn’t delivered and the people of Burma and Suu Kyi are left frustrated once again, upheaval is on the horizon. With the arrival of Thein Sein’s new government, the Burmese people not only want to see a change in the political weather, they also want predictability.

This article appears in The Irrawaddy’s latest e-magazine. http://issuu.com/irrawaddy/docs/irr_vol.19no.3_sep2011_issuu/19?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed

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Wallace Hla Wrote:

08/10/2011

I don't want to sound pessimistic but knowing the crafty ways of the military, Aung San Suu Kyi will discover that the calm at the center of the storm she saw was merely a " mirage " in a desert named Burma. Thein Sein's so-called civilian government needs a lot of " PR " and propaganda to achieve their goal of chairing ASEAN and for the West to lift their sanctions and that is exactly what they are doing., using her as a diode and catalyst. Another thing is that Aung San Suu Kyi represents only the NLD and some part of the ethnic Burmese population. She has never represented the rest of all other ethnic groups and I doubt if she ever will.